Category: Politics
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Historian Sarah Paine: Russia Is a ‘Tragedy’ and the West Risks Self-Sabotage
Historian Sarah Paine has drawn sharp parallels between today’s geopolitical tensions and the first Cold War, arguing that the West holds a winning hand but risks defeat through self-inflicted wounds rather than the strength of its adversaries. Speaking on the Dwarkesh Podcast, Paine contrasted the post-war recoveries of Germany and Japan with what she called…
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Cyber Front Emerges in Escalating US-Venezuela Crisis
As diplomatic relations between the United States and Venezuela continue to deteriorate, the digital domain is becoming an increasingly critical theater for potential conflict. In a recent analysis by RANE (Risk Assistance Network + Exchange), Cyber Analyst Ali Plucinski warned that the current geopolitical standoff could precipitate significant cyber operations from state and non-state actors…
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Ex-Ambassador Taylor: Trump Must Use ‘Leverage’ on Putin to End War
Following a high-stakes, three-hour meeting between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday, former US Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor offered a stark assessment of the current diplomatic landscape, urging the American president to utilize his leverage against the Kremlin. Speaking to CNN on Sunday morning, Taylor responded to President Trump’s assertion…
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Trump’s ‘Midway Blitz’ Crackdown Leaves Chicago Communities Reeling
As President Donald Trump’s second term nears the one-year mark, his administration’s aggressive immigration enforcement agenda has transformed daily life in major American cities, with Chicago emerging as a primary battleground for federal operations. According to a new report by The Wall Street Journal, the administration has moved swiftly to fulfill campaign promises of mass…
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Prokopenko Analysis: Russia’s Miami Talks & 2026 Economic Outlook
Despite a fresh round of talks in Miami regarding a potential settlement to the war in Ukraine, the composition of the Russian delegation suggests Moscow is “definitely not” looking to negotiate a serious peace deal, according to Alexandra Prokopenko, an expert on Russian economic policy. In an interview with BILD, Prokopenko, a former advisor at…
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Beijing Scholar Dismisses Notion of ‘Grand Bargain’ With Trump Over Taiwan
A leading Chinese foreign policy scholar has dismissed the notion that Beijing views a Donald Trump presidency as an opportunity to strike a transactional “grand bargain” over Taiwan, asserting that the island’s sovereignty cannot be traded like a commodity. In a recent interview with The Economist’s geopolitics editor David Rennie, Da Wei, a professor and…
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Diplomacy Stalls as War Grinds Into 2026
As 2025 draws to a close, hopes for a holiday ceasefire in the Russo-Ukrainian War have evaporated, replaced by a grim reality of diplomatic stalling and continued Russian advances in the Donbas. According to a panel of defense experts speaking on a December 24 episode of the War on the Rocks podcast, the conflict has entered a…
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‘Flawed’ Ukraine Peace Talks Risk Global Conflict
In a scathing analysis released Tuesday via his Zeihan on Geopolitics channel, geopolitical strategist Peter Zeihan characterized the ongoing peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine as dangerous and fundamentally flawed, attributing the stalemate to a lack of diplomatic expertise within the current U.S. administration. Reporting from Colorado, Zeihan argued that the talks are plagued by two primary…
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The Era of ‘Peak China’: Why Beijing’s Decline Could Trigger Global Conflict
Challenging the prevailing narrative of an inevitable “Asian Century,” Tufts University Professor Michael Beckley delivered a stark prognosis at the World Knowledge Forum: China’s era of meteoric ascent is not merely stalling, but has begun to reverse. In a presentation titled “The End of China’s Rise and the Future of World Order,” Beckley argued that…
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‘Victory of Narratives’: Analyst Warns Russia Has Convinced US It Is Unstoppable
As the war in Ukraine approaches the four-year mark, the conflict has evolved into a grinding stalemate defined by “industrial age warfare” and a technological revolution that has fundamentally altered the battlefield. In a special year-end analysis for Sky News, security and defence analyst Professor Michael Clarke warns that while Russia has not achieved a…